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    Cristina's of Sun Valley Con Gusto!
    Cristina's of Sun Valley Con Gusto!
    Cristina's of Sun Valley Con Gusto!
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    Cristina's of Sun Valley Con Gusto!

    By Cristina Cook and Kirsten Schultz

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    Deceptively simple, home-style Italian food from a restaurant the New York Times hailed “a Sun Valley institution.”

    Celebrated Sun Valley restaurateur Cristina Ceccatelli Cook’s third cookbook―Cristina’s of Sun Valley ConGusto!―bursts with the Tuscan attitude of appreciating the simple, enjoying the beautiful, and living life with passion and joy. Whether you want to prepare an elegant dinner or a simple sandwich, these inspired and approachable recipes will bring Cristina’s signature style into your home and allow you to dish up the tastes that have created her reputation as a buona cuoca (good cook).

    Illustrated with over 150 beautiful photographs, Cristina’s of Sun Valley Con Gusto! also offers a glimpse of Sun Valley, Idaho, celebrations and Cristina’s flair for presentation that makes them so memorable.

    Use the recipes in this book to plan your own special events. Start with an antipasti of Marinated Artichoke Hearts, Prosciutto Cones, and Salmon Cakes, accompanied by refreshing Limoncello Spritzers. Linger over Bavettine all Carretierra. Then finish with Cristina’s famous Candied Orange Peels dipped in Chocolate and Granita al Caffè. You won’t be disappointed. Like Cristina’s loyal customers, you will return to Cristina’s of Sun Valley Con Gusto! again and again.

    Praise for Cristina’s

    “Cristina’s delightful Italian sensibility is evident in every element of her restaurant and in every bite of her beautifully presented food. Her recipes will fill your kitchen with aromas and flavors to nourish both body and spirit.”—Carole King, singer/songwriter

    “After traveling all over the world playing concerts, my favorite cook is Cristina and my favorite restaurant in the whole wide world is hers.”―Steve Miller, musician

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJan 2, 2013
    ISBN9781423631903
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      Cristina's of Sun Valley Con Gusto! - Cristina Cook

      Foreword

      Cristina reminds me of all the great chefs I have known. Everything that distinguishes them, she embodies. Her gifts, like theirs, are far greater than just cooking. First and foremost, she has passion for what she does and the great taste to match the passion. She has dedicated a lifetime to learning about traditions, ingredients, and techniques. Coupled with that is how intuitive she is. She just knows. Because she makes it all look so effortless, it is easy to overlook her professionalism.

      All of my adult life I have lived in Las Vegas, a place where imagination and exaggeration run wild. The resorts are expansive. The scale and size of the rooms are large, the production shows are lavish, extensive shopping can be found on every corner, and world-class events occur on a regular basis. When restaurants became part of the entertainment scene across the globe, wonderful restaurants were added to the menu of choices available in Las Vegas. Only such a unique place—which has forever been dedicated to satisfying appetites—could have assembled the finest collection of chefs in the world.

      In the last 20 years, I have been privileged to work with many of Las Vegas’s marvelous chefs and to have been fed by the rest. I am grateful to all of them for making my palate more sophisticated and my dining more pleasurable than even I imagined!

      For all of us who cherish Sun Valley and its wholesome mountain lifestyle, we are blessed not to have to compromise when it comes to food. We have the glorious talents of Cristina and her marvelous restaurant. Not only is she a true treasure, she has been my private Idaho jewel. Knowing that I can have her in my own kitchen is a luxury that fulfills my own fantasies! Whether she is preparing hors d’oeuvres for a cocktail party, an intimate dinner for my dearest friends, or the most sentimental family holiday meal, I am completely confident that all will be flawless—and delicious!

      —Elaine Wynn

      Director, Wynn Resorts

      Photo of the exterior of Christina's restaurant.

      Ciao Amore

      When people ask me how Cristina’s of Sun Valley came to be, I think of my mother at the door of our old farmhouse, saying, Ciao amore. She said that to me twice a year for 20 years as I left to go back to America. Her words expressed all the truths, the aspirations, and the apprehensions that a mother and daughter share. I was traveling to a land unknown to her. She hoped to see me again but was not sure she would.

      Ciao amore (literally, hello, love; good-bye, love) is a phrase that defies translation. Depending upon how you say it—your inflection, your body language, and to whom you say it—it can mean many things. In my mother’s case, it meant she gave me permission to go off far away.

      I turned 60 this year, and looking back I realize that my life has been like a collage—a piece here, a piece there. Many times I have found myself asking, Did I really do that? I have always operated on the power of gut feelings. When you know something to be right. I have heard the whispers telling me to conform, to fit in. But I have never been able to subscribe to the conventional way of doing things. Instead, I have lived, as we say, con gusto—taking risks, exploring, doing things I could hardly imagine. That is the answer as to how this restaurant came about!

      I like to think of my restaurant not as a business but as a cozy place—intimate, busy, loud at times, like the traditional trattorie I grew up with. Filled with customers whose eccentricity is surpassed only by their laughter. The tables may be plain and worn by 20 years of use, they may be covered with white linens at times, but they are always warm and inviting. The house wine is always good and the food has a timeless and comforting quality of a meal you might prepare in your own home. It is a place where you can feel comfortable dipping crusts of bread into pools of delicious sauce.

      We Florentines don’t worry too much about calories. We are real golosi—passionate about our food, particolari about gelato. We like fatto a mano (made by hand), these days in a new way, with curiosity and creativity. We weave the old into the new. We dream about soffritto (sautéed things) and we smash pitted olives, we spice them up with peperoncino, and guess what we call them? Le olive dell’amore!

      Our customers come and go. We welcome them to our table and we say good-bye when they leave. The restaurant is more than the food, more than the wine and the tables; it is who we are.

      I think of my mother and ciao amore.

      —Cristina

      Photo of jam dishes and a card showing a mother and child.

      Antipasti

      Photo of dishes of food from this chapter.

      Marinated Artichoke Hearts

      6 to 7 pieces

      In a bowl, toss all ingredients together.

      Antipasti are one of Italy’s most gracious cultural traditions. From the Latin ante (before) and pastum (food), their purpose is to entice the appetite before the main meal. They originated during the Renaissance, when lavish banquets both began and ended with delicate cold dishes of sweet and savory flavors. From affetati misti (assorted cured meats) to anchovies, olives to marinated artichokes, fresh and dried fruits to delicious bites of seafood . . . bruschette, crostini, pizzette . . . little has changed. Prosciutto is thinly sliced by hand and served with melon or figs; bresaola is served with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, a squeeze of lemon juice, and freshly cracked black pepper. And let us not forget the endless varieties of salami from Tuscany and Umbria. Cheese was typically served by the Etruscans, who introduced fior di latte, pecorino with fava beans and salt, and assorted other cheeses, including creamy, aged, blue. But then, of course, the question arises, How much cheese can a person eat?

      Photo of the recipe above.Photos of a cheese table and a menu at an outdoor event.

      Prosciutto Cones

      serves 6

      Place prosciutto slices on a cutting board.

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